The Missourians I hear from just don’t buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security. – Claire McCaskill
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default. – Alan Greenspan
Because reverse mortgages do not require borrowers to make immediate repayments, the interest charges are added to the debt every day, and the total amount owed grows over time. – Charles Duhigg
This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn’t send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them. – Adam Hasner
We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too. – Billy Baldwin
About two-thirds of bachelor’s degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they’re graduating with more than $26,000 in debt. – Arne Duncan
You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt. – Ahmed Chalabi
My hope is that we’re going to be more strategic and focused as we look for a way to address the long-term deficit and debt issues that are affecting this nation. – Marsha Blackburn
Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana. – Meredith Whitney
Debt collectors should be required to disclose the applicable statute of limitations in the body of their collection letters, in bold type. While it’s not illegal to dun a consumer for an old debt, it is illegal to sue for one. – Gary Weiss
There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university. – George Osborne
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself. – George Ayittey
We shouldn’t be profiting from our students who are drowning in debt while giving a great deal to the banks. That’s just wrong. – Elizabeth Warren
If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty. – David Korten
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C. – Dan Benishek
If you must know, my parents came from pretty hardscrabble backgrounds in the southern Midwest. I certainly didn’t grow up poor, but I did spend my 20s and early 30s juggling temp jobs and choking on massive student-loan debt. – Meghan Daum
After Cadbury, the candy company, separated from Dr. Pepper, the soft drinks maker, Cadbury was able to substantially lower its debt load. The profits of Cadbury, the candy company, zoomed. – Nelson Peltz
On any measure, Spain’s bank rescue has been a disaster. A hundred million euros have been added to the national debt, ten-year bonds are at a record high and the country’s credit rating has been downgraded three notches. – Daniel Hannan
It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse. – Mike Lee